Thread: Low Cost HVLP Paint Gun Advise

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Cheap vapor ?
Ok, found some. Never heard of them.

I haven't yet priced what the wax & greese cleaner, reducer, epoxy primer, reducer, mixing containers, filter/strainer and the topcoat color etc.

Verse's what everything needed for spray can system would cost ?

Plus the cost of everything needed for a 4ml plastic roll, wood or pvc structure paint booth ?

Kevin, welcome to the part of hot rodding we all eventually come too, either suffer and buy the tools, which now you have and MUST build other vehicles to justify having such tools or farm it out and suffer paying somebodies labor bill, I think most of us on here have chose the first choice, Please don't ask our wives if we made the right choice. At this point in our lives we are just lucky that there is not a hot rodders wife or hot rodders girlfriends forum where they all could collaborate against us and find we are share similar possibly undesireable traits (to them at least) My advice is, do whatever you consider FUN!

Lol,....that's what hobbies and toys are all about, but this time, our budjet is tight after all my health bills, medications etc.
We generaly don't make money on hobbies or especially with our toyz. We raced dirt winged sprint cars for years, if anyone expects to make money with weekend racing, run, run away and find cash somewhere else.

If times were better today like 10 (+) years ago, no problem, but now we need to save dimes. After almost dying twice with "Septic Blood" infection, my "MedFlight" jet flight to the Mayo Clinic was $17,000. With my 26 day in their hospital clinic was $62,000 (if I'm remembering now) and my 13 twice per day medications for nearly all my organs are very expensive per month. The great work insurance my wife had for 25 years, the company sold out to a money crazed family, they dropped it and replaced with Blue Cross & Shield.

Anyway, that's why we needto be careful with money. $200 now is a lot of money. My health care and meds, along with loosing $10,000 to my engine builder 10 years ago, we're just now getting back into a fairly,.....normal life. Trying to gain back my "spirit of life" partly, with getting the Cobra back driving and enjoying again !

(No matter how hard you have it, never give up in life)

I'm glad to hear you're on the up side of the battle there. I have Blue cross & shield and can definitely agree that $200 is a lot of money for sure. Losing any money sucks. Been there and have dip sticks that owe me still. Some people.

A lot of people have no respect and heart, but at least my dip stick is trying. Hope yours will too !

I once painted an engine and transmission with an air brush. There was no nook or cranny which wasn't perfect, but wow how long it took!

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

I once painted an engine and transmission with an air brush. There was no nook or cranny which wasn't perfect, but wow how long it took!

Lol !!!!!! Laughed my ass off buddy !

I understand we're talking hobby here, and having fun where you can, but you've told us how tight money is, and you've made it clear that you're only going to be painting your engine, tranny, and bellhousing plus some small parts along the way. Does it really make sense to spend $160 on a gun, and then have to spend more $$$ to get your air supply OK with piping & filters, quick connects, and on, and on? Once that's all done you've now got to buy epoxy primer and single stage color, plus thinner, filters, and all of the associated "stuff" to do the job. I would be looking at rattle can colors to find something that I could live with. I'd bet that before you're done you'll invest $300 to $400 when you could get it done for $75 to $100. If you were doing a show car it would be different, but your path doesn't make sense to me, and with that I won't bother you further.

Roger, "bother you futher" take it easy. lol geez.....

I did not mention that today a guy finally,...paid me for a job I did for him, so I'm taking that money and paint the parts the right way.
A neighbor is a plumber and gave me some pipe and can get what ever else I need to plumb the garage. He said having just a small garage with one line, I don't need much. When I figure out which dyer I want he can get it, unless I choose one from a box store and buy it there. I'm not giving up on the rattle can completly yet, but I can buy a blue color paint that is very close match to mine. I can't with a rattle paint. So don't give up on me buddy, just trying to do it right,.... as much as I can anyway.

My local auto paint shop can mix whatever color you want and put it in a spray bomb, maybe a paint shop local to you can do the same? I'd ask around.

I do have a clutch fork that is painted my body color. Good idea.
What is a spray bomb ?

Originally Posted by FUNFER2

I do have a clutch fork that is painted my body color. Good idea.
What is a spray bomb ?

A rattle can.

Yep, did a search.
Thanks

rspears, I checked out your hot rod photo's, is one or more yours ?

I'll call my local paint supplier for the bombs and take along my painter fork to match. I've checked out a lot,....of rattle can paint, and nothing close enough to match. If I were going with a different color or even use one of the Ford blue, rattle cans would be fine.

Anyway, what do I need to ask and look out for, from my autobody supplier about the bomb type ?

If that doesn't work for me, what do you think of this company and this product ?
The paint already has the reducer, but add the hardner.

$90

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...0V0-002X-000U3

$118

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Viper-Blue-...IAAOSwa-dWsHte